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DONALD WAYNE THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – December 2, 1967
Service recordDonald Wayne Thompson, of Montezuma, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Montezuma, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 26
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT L MORRISSergeant · December 2, 1967
- TOMMIE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- WAYNE JOSEPH STOKESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSISCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 23
- JOHN HAROLD MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 25
- TOMMY RAY THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 27
From Montezuma
- AILEY BERDEAN HURLEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.